Ruling that graffiti — a typically transient form of art — was of sufficient stature to be protected by the law, a federal judge in Brooklyn awarded a judgment of $6.7 million on Monday to 21 graffiti artists whose works were destroyed in 2013 at the 5Pointz complex in Long Island City, Queens. In November, […]
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As a taxi lender seizes medallions, cabbies are caught in the carnage | Crain’s New York Business
Cab drivers and owners get caught in the headlights of a troubled taxi lender As Melrose Credit Union looks to seize assets instead of refinancing medallion loans, individual owners fear for their future Photo: Buck Ennis THE ROAD AHEAD Drivers such as Medina are weighing whether to stay in the business. inheritedlink: /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170709/SMALLBIZ/170709944&template=rwd& morning10: […]
LIRR Train Derails in Brooklyn; 103 People Hurt | NBC New York
Shattered glass, smoke and passengers in shock. Footage from directly after the train derailment this morning. (Published 56 minutes ago) endclickprintinclude startclickprintinclude What to Know A Long Island Rail Road train derailed at track 6 at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal at the height of Wednesday’s morning rush 103 people were hurt, though fire officials said their […]
Chick-fil-A Boycott Planned for New Queens Location, Officials Say – Elmhurst – DNAinfo New York
The company is anti-LGBT, Councilman Danny Dromm said. View Full Caption Flickr/scuddr ELMHURST — National chain Chick-fil-A plans to open its first location in the borough at the Queens Center Mall — but not everyone’s excited to eat more chicken. The company’s first Queens restaurant is set to open this fall, an effort to serve […]
Queens is the best part of New York and probably the world
It’s lit Last year, the Lonely Planet crowned Queens the top travel destination in the US. And yeah, sure, we were closely followed by Western South Dakota, but we reveled in the victory. Queens isn’t your typical front-runner like Manhattan. We’ve always been the silent hero type. A silent hero who houses the New York Mets, the US Open, the iconic unisphere in […]
De Blasio’s Streetcar Proposal Is A Shiny Waste Of Money: Gothamist
A rendering of the streetcar in action (Mayor’s Office) Mayor de Blasio’s $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens streetcar isn’t the worst transportation project in New York City (we have a $4 billion subway station), but it may be the most transparently unfair. As an allocation of municipal resources, it would have made perfect fodder for de Blasio’s […]
NYC to fund $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens light rail via bond issue | Reuters
NEW YORK New York City will issue bonds via the creation of a non-profit agency to fund a $2.5 billion light rail system between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, officials from the mayor’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. Officials said that when the 16-mile system is “fully built-out, it could serve […]
De Blasio Suspends Alternate Side Parking All Week: “We Want People To Stay Off The Streets”: Gothamist
Mayor de Blasio updated the city on the post-blizzard state of affairs, with his biggest concern keeping the streets clear—and to that end, alternate side parking has been suspended for the entire week. “We want people to stay off the streets, keep their cars where they’re parked,” he said. “It will take a lot of […]
MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long “Revamp” : Gothamist
Last we checked, Cuomo had never ridden an MTA bus (Governor’s Office). Governor Andrew Cuomo has spent the week running from press conference to press conference, trash-talking New York City’s railways, airports and transit hubs even as he promises to make them grander, glassier, and, he hopes, more efficient. On Friday morning, the MTA […]
7 Train Service Will Shut Down for 8 Weekends in 2016, MTA Says – Long Island City – DNAinfo.com New York
The 7 train in Queens. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — This year’s resolution: take the bus more. The MTA is planning another round of 7 train service disruptions in 2016, with no trains running between Long Island City and Manhattan for eight weekends next year, according to the agency. […]